(CHILE)
MACHUCA- Andrés Wood

Machuca is a semi-autobiographical account of the tragic events of Chile's 1973 coup seen through the eyes of two 11-year-old boys. Gonzalo Infante lives with his well-to-do family in a suburb of Santiago. His new classmate, Pedro Machuca, lives in a recently created illegal shantytown a few blocks away with his cousin, Silvana. There is a huge wall—economic and psychological—dividing their two worlds, a wall that Father McEnroe, a progressive American priest and the new headmaster at Gonzalo's private school, wants to tear down with his democratic ideals. He is determined that if nothing else his students will learn to respect one another. Wood offers a poignant and accomplished story, acute to both the joyous immediacy of childhood friendship and the bitter disappointments of class struggle and social responsibility. This year’s Chilean submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. (2:00:00) Print courtesy of Menemsha Entertainment.

Filmography: Loco Fever (02), Football Stories (00)

Showtimes:
11-02-2005 | 7.30PM | B2
13-02-2005 | 5.30PM | B1
17-02-2005 | 6PM | GU
27-02-2005 | 10.00AM | WH